| 1. Calyx lente auctus. |
| 2. Corolla. |
| 3. Stamina et Pistillum. |
| 4. Stamen unum lente auctum. |
| 5. Pistillum lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossom; leaves grow by fours, linear, and smooth; flowers sit close upon the ends of the branches, upright, and by fours; the leaves of the cup are skinny at the edge, and sawed as if torn.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching; smaller branches numerous, and nearly upright.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, shining, and spreading out; with very short footstalks.
Flowers sit close in upright bunches, by fours, on the ends of the branches; scarce any footstalks.
Empalement. Cup double, the outer three-leaved, which are awl-shaped, having the edges skinny, and sawed as if torn; the inner has four leaves, which are longer than the others; the points flesh-coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom bellied out, and pellucid, the mouth narrowed, without a pale red, white within; the segments nearly heart-shaped, spreading, and very large.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, within the blossom.